The Cambridge companion to the American graphic novel:

"The Cambridge Companion to the American Graphic Novel explores the important role of the graphic novel in reflecting American society and in the shaping of the American imagination. Using key examples, this volume reviews the historical development of various subgenres within the graphic novel...

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Other Authors: Baetens, Jan 1957- (Editor), Frey, Hugo ca. 20./21. Jh (Editor), Leroy, Fabrice (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York ; Port Melbourne Cambridge University Press 2024
Series:Cambridge companions to literature
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Summary:"The Cambridge Companion to the American Graphic Novel explores the important role of the graphic novel in reflecting American society and in the shaping of the American imagination. Using key examples, this volume reviews the historical development of various subgenres within the graphic novel tradition and examines how graphic novelists have created multiple and different accounts of the American experience, including that of African American, Asian American, Jewish, Latinx, and LGBTQ+ communities. Reading the American graphic novel opens a debate on how major works have changed the idea of America from that once found in the quintessential action or superhero comics to show new, different, intimate accounts of historical change as well as social and individual, personal experience. It guides readers through the theoretical text-image scholarship to explain the meaning of the complex borderlines between graphic novels, comics, newspaper strips, caricature, literature, and art."
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xv, 305 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9781009379311
DOI:10.1017/9781009379311

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